Material to Be Learned By Students

Participating students will be exposed to the following topics:

• Modeling of Complex Dynamical Systems
• Simulating Dynamical Systems using MATLAB/SIMULINK/MATRIX-X and Microsoft Visual C++
• Animation of Dynamical Systems using Microsft Direct 3D, Working Model, DADS/Plant
• Design of real-time control systems using MATLAB/SIMULINK/Control System Toolbox/MATRIX-X, etc.
• Object Oriented Programming (OOP) using Microsoft Visual C++
• Microsoft Windows NT Operating System
• Real-time Data Acquisition via National Instruments Data Acquisition Boards
• Virtual Instrumentation (e.g. LabView)
• Implementation of Real-time Control Systems
• System Identification; i.e. use of real-time input/output measurements to develop models
• Implementation of Real-time Adaptive Learning Algorithms
• Implementation of Distributed Computation Algorithms
• Writing technical papers and publishing in refereed journals
• Presenting work at technical conferences
• Career opportunities in the area of systems and controls

Students are expected to pick up programming skills from members of our MoSART team. Students will learn about system modeling, simulation, analysis, design, real-time control, and other "technical" stuff from the project director (Professor Rodriguez) as well as from team members.